The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-22
GE DREftT D I. !.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Singular Freak OF the Weather in
Franklin County Thirty Eight Years
Ago-Ex-Gov. Mcdaniel Bores a
Big Well - Clarke County's Com
missioners Decline to Trade the
Court House for a School House.
GEORGIA.
II is rUmored that Covington's new hank
will have a capital stock of $4,000.
The first grand jury of Ebert county
found three true bills against parties for pro-
family
1t is reported that Mr. Snodgrass cleared
Dver 5000 by building the Athens stree
railroad
An earnest effort will be made to induce
President Cleveland TO visit the Athens fair
next fall.
The annual plume drill of the Clinch
Rifles, of Augusta, will take place next Mon
day night
Daniel Kerr has just been elected member
of the Augusta City Council from the
Fourth ward.
Senator Payne, of Ohio, has given the
school of technology connected with Emory
College 81 900.
= The Crescent Brewing Company. of Au-
rora, Ind, has sold fifty tickets for the
Brunswick Band fair
Free pool, free billiards and free carriages
Is the way Coyington hotels keep pace with
the advancement of the age.
Thomas W. Jones, of Newton county.
made sixty bales of cotton and plenty of
corn 10 run hIm with three plows last year
At Columbus some fifteen boys, between
fbe ages OF Is and Is. have organized for
the purpose of starting a boys brass band.
There has been an increase of Sq0.3r3 in
xie value of Athens property this year over
last, greater part OF (which was improve
ments
In Habersham county the peach crop is
entirely destroyed by the heavy froSts, hut
the prospect for a good apple crop was
never better.
a shower of leaves fell in Royston on
Ihpzs1az1 last They We're doubtless car
Fae1 up BY whirlwind, and came from a
loT:g distance
u Ealker. Jesup's popular chief tale
graph operator, ate So fish Monday, and
wasn't particularly hungry when he sat
down to the feast
Rev. Sam Jones viii holda series of meet
1ngs in Rome, commencing Nav Is. Ar
rangementS ara being made to accommodate
the multitude that viii flock to hear the
famous preacher.
Hinesville's citizens are highly pleased
with the idea that move is on foot to SUP
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spring adjacent 10 the place by means OF a
system of water works.
A telegram was received at Rome
"Wednesday announcing the death of J. II
Satterfield, a citizen of Rome. at Fort Smith.
Ark Mr.. Satterfeld was an honest man
and good citizen, and his death is sincerely
regretted.
Several gentlemen in Athens who are
largely interested in Northeast Georgia gold
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capitalists for their sale If the trade is per-
tected handsome sums viii be realized by
several Athens gentlemen.
At Gov. McDauiel's new residence at
Monroe is a well that viii almost equal an
artesian concern. From bottom TO top it is
walled with 1900 brick. Cement mortar
was used to such an extent that no surplus
water can ever reach the well Constructor
Spl}eh bad the job.
John Baker, of Athens, has perhaps the
clsIest jug in the State. 1t was carried by
has Father, Wiley Baker, from South Caro-
ma forty years ago, and has been in CON
slant use to hold spiritual consolation and
molaSseS. And what Is most remarkable
the original corn-cob stopper Is still in it,
Thirty-eight years ago Saturday the
woods IN Franklin were green. many of the
leaves fully grown, and the wheat in full
head, and this year the woods look almost
rs cherries aSnlid winter. On that morning
there was white frost that killed all vege-
tatlon- There was a considerable fall of
snow on the preceding day.
Louis A. Smith and Bob Oliver have es-
tabIlShed themselves on the old Dr. McCrarv
place, west OF Americas. and gone 10 raisint-
wstermelous and chickens. They have
about 80 young chickens now Louis has
built an incubator. They expect to get It's
capacity up to 200 or 800 chicks per dav.
and viii add on incubators after they get
started as the demand may increase.
Macon is 10 have new building and loan
associatlon 10 be known as the Mutual. The
incorporators are MeSSrs. John W Burke,
Thomas I. Burke, Joseph Danenberg, John
r. Ellis, David w. Hill. W A. HUFF r. F,
LAYTON, Willis F. Price, r N. Rogers. W. |
{. Singleton. I. D. TinSley. Sol. Waxel- |
baum and W. Il. Whitehead The original |
capital stock Of the association is to consist
eli 2,OO0 shares
At GAINESVILLE the Roster Manufacturing
company IS at work on the new cotton fac |
tory, and by fa0 expect to have it under full |
Roadway When this addition Is made TO |
then woolen mills it will be necessary 10 |
worR about 500 operatives Then Haber-
sham can boast OF three WOODEN and cotton |
factories, and furthermore, can boast Of pro |
duclng the best jeans, tweed and linseys |
manufactured in the State
The annual bench show for dos at Madi- |
y
May ). John Cartwright of Augusta. has |
entered his finS English pointer Rosa. who |
has already captured ten prizes Rosa was |
shlpped by express Tuesday afternoon. She |
was shipped in a special-mhde box. allowing |
her all comforts. Nh. Cartwright feels as |
ssured that Rosa viii win the first prize. She
Is pure white In color ana well built.
The grand jury of Clarke county. in their
report, lind the following facts: Value of /
taxable real estate il. Clarke. s.. IQj. $50. |
money and solvent debts. $3.50. SO: stock |
and bonds, $500, i0l, national and state /
hanks capital, So. UbO: capital stock loan /
associations, SD, zoo; value Of merchandise |
Sal .D06: value of cotton manufactures |
S3ld,5'5; value Of personal property. S4s2.- |
NJ; value Of foundry and iron works. SIS. |
90; aggregate value. s., 49, $50
\ petition signed by number of the lead !
ing citizens Of Athens was presented to the !
grand jury asking that body tc appoint a /
committee, empowered 10 act. u negotiate /
with the city Trade of the court house for /
the school buij ung. The grand jur7y de /
ciiued 70 grant the petition. on the ground 1
that the school building would not be a suit |
able structure Tor u court house. and the /
city had no power 20 nay the county the /
difference as to the value OF the two build |
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